Great Massingham
Encyclopedia
Great Massingham is a village
and civil parish
in the English
county
of Norfolk
.
It has a primary school
(including a pre-school in the grounds), a village shop, a pub (Dabbling Duck), a village hall and a church (St. Mary's). It is also notable for the number of ponds in the village - two large ones in the village centre and more in the outskirts. The number of ducks has led for the logo of the school to be one.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.
It has a primary school
Great Massingham School
Great Massingham Church of England Primary School is a school in Great Massingham, Norfolk, England. It has 52 students aged from 5 to 11 ....
(including a pre-school in the grounds), a village shop, a pub (Dabbling Duck), a village hall and a church (St. Mary's). It is also notable for the number of ponds in the village - two large ones in the village centre and more in the outskirts. The number of ducks has led for the logo of the school to be one.